%0 Report
        %A Dahl, Gordon B.
%A Rooth, Dan-Olof
%A Stenberg, Anders
        %T Intergenerational and Sibling Spillovers in High School Majors
        %D 2023
        %8 2023 Feb
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 15945
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp15945
        %X This paper estimates family spillovers in high school major choice in Sweden, where admission to oversubscribed majors is determined based on GPA. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find large sibling and intergenerational spillovers that depend on the gender mix of a dyad. Same-gender siblings copy one another, while younger brothers recoil from older sister's choices. Fathers and mothers influence sons, but not their daughters, except when a mother majors in the male-dominated program of Engineering. Back of the envelope calculations reveal these within family spillovers have sizable implications for the gender composition of majors.
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%K intergenerational spillovers